CHICAGO | Highrise Projects & Construction, v7 - Page 722

LouisVanDerWright · #**14421** Posted **Apr 24, 2019, 3:24 PM**

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Originally Posted by Steely Dan

or a complete demolition if we're really lucky.

what a dreadfully awful building.

If you look at it, that's another OCS site just waiting to happen. Knock down that trash and build another megablock project like OCS. This vertical turd is just holding down the fort until demand gets pent up enough to build something awesome there.

Handro · #**14422** Posted **Apr 24, 2019, 3:34 PM**

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Originally Posted by Mr Downtown

FitzGerald

Remember 633 S. LaSalle? Turns out it will be one of the first US locations for The Collective, a London-based chain of co-living spaces. Small (250 sq ft) individual rooms with baths and kitchenettes, 381 in all, organized into suites like a dorm for young professionals. The Dept. of Buildings wants them to have short-term leases, rather than operate like an extended-stay hotel. Their London experience has been that not all residents are young; at their London Old Oak project, 15% of residents are over 35. Lots of amenities for residents, of course, and ground-floor lounge and cafe supposedly open to the public.

They say they're ready to build, but Ald. King (Motorists First Party-4th) has been holding up their grant of privilege in the public way (for two of their caisson bells) because they have no onsite parking.

If there's one thing a person living in a 250sf apartment needs, it's a parking spot for the car they use for costco runs. ha.

Busy Bee · #**14423** Posted **Apr 24, 2019, 3:36 PM**

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Originally Posted by PittsburghPA

I just got back from Eastern Europe and this looks exactly like every soviet era communist apartment block that I saw. Also are those air bubbles??

That is severe heat deformation. I'm assuming those are aluminum panels?

Busy Bee · #**14424** Posted **Apr 24, 2019, 3:39 PM**

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Originally Posted by harryc

Cladding on Home2Suites on Clark - looks like it is too loose - and pop rivets ?

Just....wow. I see they're subcontracting façade work to Morton Buildings?

the urban politician · #**14425** Posted **Apr 24, 2019, 4:10 PM**

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Originally Posted by Mr Downtown

FitzGerald

Remember 633 S. LaSalle? Turns out it will be one of the first US locations for The Collective, a London-based chain of co-living spaces. Small (250 sq ft) individual rooms with baths and kitchenettes, 381 in all, organized into suites like a dorm for young professionals. The Dept. of Buildings wants them to have short-term leases, rather than operate like an extended-stay hotel. Their London experience has been that not all residents are young; at their London Old Oak project, 15% of residents are over 35. Lots of amenities for residents, of course, and ground-floor lounge and cafe supposedly open to the public.

They say they're ready to build, but Ald. King (Motorists First Party-4th) has been holding up their grant of privilege in the public way (for two of their caisson bells) because they have no onsite parking.

Another reason to get rid of Aldermanic powers. Hopefully LL succeeds in this.

If I were the developers, I would operate this as an extended stay hotel rather than apartments, though. CRLTO doesn't apply to hotels....

emathias · #**14426** Posted **Apr 24, 2019, 6:13 PM**

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Originally Posted by Le Baron

Got lucky and took a video of the storm. Some frames from the video. Tried to post to the Essex thread but can't seem to post there.
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I worked in the Sears Tower for the summers of 1995 and 1996 and one of my favorite things was watching thunderstorms roll in from the west, and hearing lightning strike the building!

aaron38 · #**14427** Posted **Apr 24, 2019, 6:55 PM**

Did anyone attend the city council health and environmental protection committee hearing oday, 10am-noon.
There was a hearing on bird strikes and a bird protection ordinance. Sounds like it would have a big effect on skyscraper design if adopted.

https://birdfriendlychicago.org/ordinance

Zapatan · #**14428** Posted **Apr 24, 2019, 6:59 PM**

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Originally Posted by emathias

I worked in the Sears Tower for the summers of 1995 and 1996 and one of my favorite things was watching thunderstorms roll in from the west, and hearing lightning strike the building!

That's awesome, what floor did you work on?

emathias · #**14429** Posted **Apr 24, 2019, 8:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by Zapatan

That's awesome, what floor did you work on?

It was only the 23rd, but that was high enough to see over anything West of there at the time (still true, I think). Also, being pre-9/11, as long as we were discrete we could go to the sky lobbies on the 66/67 floors, which have a great views. Security is much tighter now.

Hourstrooper · #**14430** Posted **Apr 24, 2019, 11:07 PM**

Also that 633 lasalle project needs to get going asap!, that alderman is a joke and needs to be talked to or the developers could just add a 2 story podium and make this 22 floors instead.

Hourstrooper · #**14431** Posted **Apr 25, 2019, 12:48 AM**

Drove by the Rush expansion and saw construction trailers, as well as power construction fencing, and excavators starting this tower and its new parking garage today!!!

BonoboZill4 · #**14432** Posted **Apr 25, 2019, 2:21 AM**

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Originally Posted by aaron38

Did anyone attend the city council health and environmental protection committee hearing oday, 10am-noon.
There was a hearing on bird strikes and a bird protection ordinance. Sounds like it would have a big effect on skyscraper design if adopted.

https://birdfriendlychicago.org/ordinance

I guess now we don't have to worry about the city turning into a boring, blue glass behemoth anymore (not that that should have been a legit concern)...

Hopefully it just doesn't turn our architecture to complete trash.

Awesome updates all around though everyone!

BonoboZill4 · #**14433** Posted **Apr 25, 2019, 2:21 AM**

Realtor Building addition:

Spring is in full swing

Skyguy_7 · #**14434** Posted **Apr 25, 2019, 3:24 AM**

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Originally Posted by aaron38

Did anyone attend the city council health and environmental protection committee hearing oday, 10am-noon.
There was a hearing on bird strikes and a bird protection ordinance. Sounds like it would have a big effect on skyscraper design if adopted.

https://birdfriendlychicago.org/ordinance

At least Chicagoans are sensible enough to not go full-DeBlasio and ban steel and glass towers altogether.

Busy Bee · #**14435** Posted **Apr 25, 2019, 1:05 PM**

^de Blasio isn't really banning glass and steel skyscrapers. But thinking people already knew that.

The Bill de Blasio "glass skyscraper ban" explained:

https://ny.curbed.com/2019/4/24/1851...skyscraper-ban

gebs · #**14436** Posted **Apr 25, 2019, 3:34 PM**

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Originally Posted by BonoboZill4

Realtor Building addition:

What's the red crane to the NW of the realtor building?

west-town-brad · #**14437** Posted **Apr 25, 2019, 3:56 PM**

Hoxton Hotel (200 N Green) rooftop bar/restaurant Cabra is open with amazing views... you can walk in a grab a drink at the bar without reservations and enjoy the outdoor areas...

views at sunset are spectacular though likely short lived given the current construction underway all around this location.

Hourstrooper · #**14438** Posted **Apr 25, 2019, 10:05 PM**

Are we going to get a page 1 update soon? there's a lot of projects that have been completed and a lot of new ones that have started that need to be re organized, and even more coming in the next few months so my question is if somebody will be redoing that page as well as the completely messed up actual city of Chicago page non forum version??? I can compile a list of projects that have started recently and ones that are done...

BonoboZill4 · #**14439** Posted **Apr 26, 2019, 12:11 AM**

Various projects

SolarWind · #**14440** Posted **Apr 26, 2019, 1:02 AM**

April 25, 2019